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Good Reel
I got this reel 3 weeks ago and I used it to go fishing in the Delta Waters in CA. I hooked a 46inch Sturgeon with it and the reel proformed nicely . Lever drag is real nice and magnetic cast control works well.
I would buy Okuma reel again
June 1, 2009

red snapper had no chance
this reel is the best reel i have ever used for big game and it works excellent in fresh or saltwater.this reel has so meny options of how you want to work your reel and a great clicker this reel could handle anything
July 29, 2012

Great reel for price
Bought two of the 15L reel that holds 310 yards of line and paired it up with a Penn stand up rod. Great quality of a reel from Okuma for the price!!! The lever drag system is very smooth and you could crank down with a lot of lbs of torque. Nice oversized reel handle and line guide for braid line or mono. The 15L is just the right size for trolling and drift fishing. Finally got to test it out all week fishing off Palm Beach, Fl. Caught plenty of Bonita, Blackfin tuna, Big Barracudas, Mahi and Sailfish. The best fight of the week was a 43 lbs. mahi as it jumped all around and made some nice runs.
July 16, 2010

Fantastic Reel
I just received the Okuma Solterra SLR-15L and paired it with an Offshore Angler Power Stick stand up rod. I spooled it with 400 yards of 65 lb Power Pro braid and 100 ft of 80lb mono leader which maxed it out, so I think the line capacity is a little lower than stated. I immediately used it for a an offshore trip between 100 and 130 miles offshore at the Boomvang, Nansen and Hoover semi-submersible rigs. This reel handled big fish with ease and was a pleasure to use. We stopped short on a rock pile on the edge of the continental shelf and I pulled up 7 vermillion snappers (beeliners), 2 20 pound red snappers (couldn't keep them- the season was closed), a rock hind grouper, and a 56 lb Warsaw grouper. The reel handled these fish with ease, but I do wish it was a two speed or had a higher gear ratio because cranking up bottom fish from 270 ft is slower than I would like. Then out to the deep rigs where it was really put to the test on tuna. I was speed jigging (again a higher gear ratio would have been great as I had to reel very fast) and landed 9 blackfin tuna from 8-22 lbs between 150 and 350 ft deep. The reel test came with the 127 lb yellowfin tuna I landed. The reel handled the job with no problems and I was able to land the fish in around 12 minutes with the drag locked down. When I got back the drag was scaled at 32 lbs, a lot more than the advertised 22 lbs. I also caught what we estimated to be a 60 lb yellowfin with ease. This reel has the features and can hang with most if not all of the $300-$400 reels on the market.
January 26, 2015

Is the adjustment for casting to avoid backlashing the same as with the Penn GTO 220?I have purchased the 15, I do enjoy the conventional style for casting as well as trolling. Will this reel, give me maximum distance in casting for surf or pier style fishing? I will be spooling 80lb braid. Hopefully this reel will funtion well with braid line?

Yes. Has a good clicker that will keepthe spool from turning too easily whenleft in free-spool. I used it on a pier whilealso fishing a lighter rig: left it in free-spool with clicker on and kept me from losing the rig.

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Having used both reels, in my opinion this reel is far superior to the 144h in most aspects. The 144h does cast a little better if you are looking for a pure casting set up, but otherwise the Okuma is better at everything else. It is fantastic for deep dropping, and pretty good at freestyle jigging, but I would like to see it have a higher gear ratio for freestyle jigging applications - not that the 144h has a better gear ratio.

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